BLUE ECONOMY

Climate change and global warming remind us how important water is.The lakes dry up day by day and the reduction in the water level have reached a scary level. Nasa published a map showing the groundwater reserves of Turkey in January 19, 2021. According to groundwater level in Turkey is below the awarage… In such a situation, there is a lot of work for economists.
The problems experienced in the environment, which is one of the issues where the economy is intertwined, has led economists to work in this field. Studies are generally carried out on areas such as sustainable economy, clean economy and green economy.

So what is blue economy?

The concept of blue economy deals with issues such as preserving the biodiversity in the sea and oceans, preserving the sea and oceans in a healthy way, not being destroyed by chemical wastes, not being polluted and thus benefiting them effectively, the sustainable of seafood, the sustainable of sea transportation and marine tourism. With the drought reaching scary levels recently, each country gives more importance to the blue economy. For example, it has been reported that the event, which will last for three days with the title of "Blue Economy and 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda", has started in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. For this reason, the issue of blue economy is getting more and more important and it is expected that the studies in this field will increase with the pandemic.

References:
Mustafa Necati Çoban,Mavi Ekonomi ve Mavi Büyüme, International Periodical for the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic Volume 12/3, p. 155-166 DOI Number: https://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.11122 ISSN: 1308-2140, ANKARA-TURKEY
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